Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research and report the context and parameters of the planning and design process for mechatronic engineering applications
- Research and report on the context and parameters of the planning and design process for engineering applications.
- Identify, and report on the market and industrial context and parameters of the planning and design process for a significant and particular mechatronic engineering application. Parameters may include performance, financial, legal, resource and scheduling.
- Interpret the brief and clarify client's requirements
- Prepare concept proposal
- A range of different, innovative and creative approaches to achieve design requirements is generated.
- Check feasibility of a range of design solutions against design parameters. Assess opportunities for concurrent design activities. Assess design solutions for conformity to OHS&E requirements.
- Seek opinions of colleagues and a range of creative and technical experts/specialists.
- Prepare plan and design concept proposal that includes results of feasibility study consideration of expert opinion, initial calculations and modelling and the use of judgment and discretion.
- Concept proposal reviewed with client to improve outcomes and overcome possible problems.
- Implement the planning and design process for particular applications
- Select and manage resources and processes to develop the plan or design.
- Document management processes.
- Appropriate components and systems have been incorporated in the planning and design process.
- Perform engineering activities and manage self to implement the planning and design process.
- Appropriate calculations and assumptions are used in implementing the planning and design process.
- Appropriate computing hardware and software and programming techniques have been implemented in the planning and design process.
- Appropriate scientific principles are applied to implement planning and design process.
- Appropriate materials properties knowledge is implemented in the planning and design process.
- Appropriate engineering methods and processes knowledge is implemented in the planning and design process.
- Where elective competencies have been used in the planning and design process, implementation is appropriate and efficiently carried out in the planning and design process.
- Review the design and implementation plan
- Maintain design documentation
- Review design outcomes